He served in the National Guard for six years and was a machinist at Hill Machine Co. for 24 years, then Harwood Engineering for eight years, both in Massachusetts. Charles was born in Boston, Mass., and lived most of his life with Janet in Plainville, Mass., where they attended St. Martha's Catholic Church. A memorial mass will be held there this summer. There will also be a memorial mass at Corpus Christi here in St. Augustine, where Charlie and his wife were parishioners.